Ascension of the Heavenly Demon - Chapter 31

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Chapter 31

 

 

The manor of the Honyeon Alliance.

Sa Hoin, who had positioned martial artists in preparation for an attack as the Bang Leader instructed, was waiting for news from the battlefield.

“They’re running away.”

“Hahaha! Of course they are.”

“They couldn’t even hold out for long before fleeing, and the Bang Leader was greatly pleased.”

Sa Hoin burst into loud laughter after receiving the battlefield report from the messenger.

“What kind of attack could those bastards possibly mount?”

“It’s a great victory.”

“Wasn’t this already a foregone conclusion? There was no need for the Bang Leader to go out personally…”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

“With this, the Yanghyeon Branch has practically crumbled into our hands. Well then, we can’t just keep waiting like this. Go and call the women.”

“The women?”

“Yes, we need to prepare a feast to commemorate our great victory, don’t we?”

“I see. Should I prepare alcohol as well?”

“Of course! Hurry up. Everyone must have eaten plenty of dust, so their throats will be parched.”

“Yes!”

Alcohol and food.

Free, of course.

Wasn’t this their territory?

The village folk should offer up at least that much.

Sa Hoin, having ordered the feast preparations, called over a martial artist who was nearby.

“You go and bring that woman called Sayo.”

“Why her?”

“I noticed the Bang Leader’s gaze wasn’t ordinary when he looked at her. He must have taken a liking to her. If we’re going to put her in his quarters tonight, we should at least dress her up beforehand. She’s a beggar woman, so she should be properly cleaned.”

“Ah! I see. You’re truly wise.”

“Wise, my ass! Hahahaha! This is all just a younger brother’s heart thinking of his elder brother, isn’t it?”

It was just then, when he was greatly pleased by his subordinate’s praise.

Just when their guard had become lax as they began preparing various things, confident of victory.

“Fourth Seat, Fourth Seat!”

“Hm?”

Fourth Seat.

This was the title used to refer to Island Wind Four Tigers Hoin within the territory.

Below the Bang Leader, four positions.

Sa Hoin was the youngest among them.

“That guy’s really making a fuss… Well, what is it? Is the Bang Leader already returning? Well, since it became such an easy battle, his interest might have waned. Hmm, what should we do? We haven’t prepared anything yet…”

“That’s not it…”

“Hm?”

“The battlefield situation is a bit strange.”

“Strange?”

“Well, those who were fleeing suddenly started counterattacking. The Bang Leader seemed surprised too.”

“What? What are you talking about? Those bastards who were running away with their tails between their legs are counterattacking?”

“The distance is too far to confirm details, but the Bang Leader suddenly got angry… He’s watching for now, but from the way he was stirring, it seemed like he might join the battle immediately.”

“What? How could that possibly…”

Sa Hoin couldn’t help but feel bewildered.

How could the stories of two messengers be so starkly different?

How long had it been since he heard about the great victory?

“Did those Zhuge bastards use some kind of scheme?”

“What should we do?”

“Hmm…”

With the Bang Leader absent, Sa Hoin now had the heavy authority to decide the territory’s actions, and he had to take responsibility for the consequences.

The Bang Leader never forgives when things go wrong.

Should he send reinforcements while leaving only minimal personnel?

But there had been no word from the Bang Leader yet…

“Did the Bang Leader say nothing?”

“Well… he seemed so angry that I couldn’t ask.”

“You stupid fool! Then how am I supposed to make a decision! Go quickly and ask for his intentions!”

“Me?”

“Then who else? Should I go when I need to hold the center of the territory?”

“That’s not what I meant, but…”

“Go right now!”

“Yes!”

The messenger who received the scolding hurriedly ran out through the main gate.

“That stupid fool…”

“Fourth Seat, then what should we do about the women and alcohol…?”

“You stupid fool! You call that a question? We have to see how the situation develops before deciding! Stop everything right now.”

“Ah, understood.”

He had only gotten cursed at for asking a pointless question.

But just then.

Crash!

Suddenly, the wooden bar that had been supporting the main gate broke, and the gate swung wide open.

What came flying inside was the messenger who had just gone out to ask about the Bang Leader’s intentions.

“What the hell is this now?”

Sa Hoin looked outside the gate with an expression of disbelief at the sight of the messenger who had collapsed, apparently unconscious.

Five in total.

Very young… Zhuge?

“Hey, is this supposed to be a surprise attack?”

“That’s right.”

“No, you’re attacking from behind, right? Then naturally you should come secretly by climbing over walls or something, but to just smash through the main gate…”

“For me, this is a surprise attack. And it is from behind, isn’t it? I came back without being detected.”

“What?”

At the head of the group that appeared outside the gate.

It was Zhuge Munho, who was still scary but found it so absurd that he unconsciously let out a shriek.

But Zhuge Munhyeon was only confident.

“What exactly do you think a surprise attack is?”

“What do you mean? Isn’t a surprise attack attacking at a time and in a situation the enemy doesn’t expect?”

“Well, that’s true, but…”

“Look, who would expect us to come through the main gate?”

“…”

“You probably never even thought of it, right? This is a successful surprise attack.”

There were no words to respond with.

In a way, it seemed like he was right…

But what effect would there be from making such a brilliant entrance?

Zhuge Munho sighed repeatedly as he looked at the weapons now aimed at them.

But to Zhuge Munhyeon, this is definitely an ambush.

This much effort should be enough.

At least he didn’t charge straight into the enemy’s center.

‘That bastard has really lost his mind.’

‘Damn it… what was I thinking following him here.’

‘Stop it, trying to understand that bastard will only give us headaches. Let’s just accept it. Think of it as fate…’

Gwan Hwiping each whispered quietly among themselves, pouring out complaints.

I can hear everything…

These bastards, once this is over I’ll have to give them a proper training session.

I was being generous, deciding to train them with great resolve.

And Sa Hoin, watching them, couldn’t say anything.

It was a situation where he couldn’t help but experience cognitive dissonance.

“Hey… kids?”

“What?”

“…”

He asked kindly enough, but the response was truly blunt.

What?

But Sa Hoin, still bewildered, asked again.

“So this ambush thing…”

“Are you curious about the meaning too?”

“Huh?”

“Damn, at this rate we’ll waste all our time explaining what an ambush is.”

“Haha, well… how should I understand this. Just who are you people?”

“Who? Can’t you tell just by looking? Are you so gaunt from starving for days that even your eyes have rotted?”

“What?”

“Zhuge Family. You could say we’re a special unit? Ambush unit? Something like that.”

“Ah…”

Sa Hoin was so surprised by their boldness that he missed his chance to respond, and the brothers held their foreheads at their arrogant younger brother’s attitude.

What a magnificent ambush indeed.

Smashing through the main gate and then obediently revealing their identity…

Thanks to this, Sa Hoin quickly came to his senses, tremendous killing intent emanated from his body, and the eyes of the martial artists pointing their weapons became fierce.

“An ambush by the Zhuge Family… with just five people?”

“That’s right.”

“Ha, hahaha. Well I’ll be damned.”

It was a feeling he’d never experienced in his life.

What should he call this?

Setting aside this young brat who came here spouting informal speech like his head wasn’t even dry yet, where does he think this is to cause such a ruckus?

“Did you kids take some drugs?”

“I’m healthy.”

“What?”

“I said I don’t need to take tonics or anything. As you can see, I’m at an age where I could chew and swallow stones.”

“…”

Is he insane?

The question meant whether his mind had snapped, but suddenly what’s this about health and tonics?

Who was worried about your well-being?

His head was already complicated due to the rapidly changing battlefield situation…

“Hah, you’re number one under heaven when it comes to running your mouth. Boys, get rid of him.”

“Yes!”

Sa Hoin’s subordinates were equally dumbfounded.

As soon as the order was given, the martial artists shook their heads and approached.

“Damn, what do we do now?”

In a situation where they were surrounded, or rather had practically chosen to be surrounded, Zhuge Munhyeon drew his sword and shouted.

“What do you mean what? We came here to ambush, so we need to achieve our objective.”

“What?”

“Listen carefully. You guys have just one target, that bastard who looks like the leader over there.”

“But right now there are over fifty subordinates…”

“Don’t worry about it. I’ll handle that myself.”

“…”

“Just aim for that bastard. And after you kill him, immediately rescue the Branch Manager and Sayo. You understand what I mean, right?”

“Then what about you?”

“The counterattack should have started by now. But they won’t last long. Jang Hongsik won’t just stand by. Once he starts intervening, the war situation will change again. The casualties will be severe.”

“Hmm…”

“After I deal with these small fries, I’ll head straight there. So you guys need to handle this place. You understand what I mean, right?”

They understood.

There was no one among those with the Zhuge surname whose reading comprehension was that poor.

However, the matter here came first.

Just how did he plan to face so many martial artists alone…

“You guys, don’t die. If you die, you’ll die by my hand.”

Their heads were just confused by Zhuge Munhyeon’s words as he grinned and drew his sword.

How many times can you kill someone?

“Munho. Remember just one thing. Never be ashamed. This is war.”

“Huh?”

It was a puzzling statement, but Zhuge Munhyeon lowered his stance without giving a proper answer.

“Now then, let’s begin!”

“…?”

The next moment.

Crack!

His stepping foot dug deep into the dirt ground, and his sword drew an arc horizontally.

Whoosh!

A fierce sword wind.

And the energy released along the sword’s edge gradually extended, following the trajectory.

Small Heaven Star Sword, Meteor Falling Tail.

Behind a falling meteor, a tail always forms.

And the meteor’s tail.

“Kyaaaah!”

Curved like a whip and bisected several martial artists in one stroke.

Both the enemies and the Zhuge Family sons who had launched the attack could only stare blankly.

What was that just now?

There was just something that flashed, but several martial artists had fallen.

But before their questions could fade, Zhuge Munhyeon was already approaching the Honyeon Territory martial artists.

A single meteor cutting through the night sky is Meteor Single Line, and when a star’s life ends and its scattered fragments spread across the sky, it becomes Scattered Stars Myriad Flowers.

Truly beautiful names.

Wherever the fragmented starlight descended, blood inevitably splattered and screams erupted.

“Kuhaha, this is exactly the feeling! Die!”

The scene created by Zhuge Munhyeon, charging forward with a grotesque expression and bursting into mad laughter, was cruelty itself.

In an instant, nearly ten martial artists suffered catastrophe, and Zhuge Munhyeon was once again tearing through the martial artists, scattering sword energy.

“Wh-what is this?”

Sa Hoin’s eyes, which had been filled with contempt, changed in an instant.

A martial artist of Sword Energy?

And wasn’t his use of it far too skillful?

“Kahahaha!”

And that bastard laughing with a demonic expression as if mad for murder… is from the Zhuge Family?

“Damn it! What are you all doing! Form the formation! Hurry!”

Sa Hoin, sensing the gravity of the situation, shouted urgently.

They should have done that from the start.

But they’d already been ambushed, hadn’t they?

When everyone couldn’t even come to their senses and respond properly, what meaning would forming a formation now have?

In the midst of that…

“Sa Hoin!”

“…!”

Zhuge Munho, who had been able to approach in an instant because everyone was focused on Zhuge Munhyeon, swung his sword fiercely toward Sa Hoin.

Clang!

The first clash.

The moment Sa Hoin, startled by the sudden surprise attack, tried to counterattack.

“Us too!”

“We’re here!”

“Die!”

Under Gwan Hwiping’s attack using the Three-Person Combined Attack, Sa Hoin was pushed into a defensive position.

Each individual is weak.

Even after gaining experience for three days, their movements would only improve slightly.

They made up for that gap with numbers.

With Zhuge Munho, who uses Sword Energy, taking the lead, and Gwan Hwiping filling the remaining gaps that couldn’t be attacked?

“…They’ll do well, right?”

No sooner had he spoken than Zhuge Gwan was kicked by Sa Hoin’s foot and sent flying.

Ah, seriously…

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